Amaranthus blitum subsp. blitum information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum

Genus: Amaranthus subgenus: Albersia
Family: Amaranthaceae.
Nomen number: 430519
Name verified on: 04-Feb-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Oct-2007
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.

See other conspecific taxa:

Amaranthus blitum (no accessions)
Amaranthus blitum subsp. emarginatus (no accessions)
Amaranthus blitum subsp. emarginatus var. emarginatus (no accessions)
Amaranthus blitum subsp. emarginatus var. pseudogracilis (2 accessions)
Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (3 accessions)

Common names:

aufsteigender Fuchsschwanz (Source: Zander Ency ) – German

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

Weed (fide Sida 19:979. 2001)

Distributional range:

Native:

AFRICA
Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
East Tropical Africa: Kenya
ASIA-TEMPERATE
Western Asia: Iran; Turkey
Middle Asia: Turkmenistan
ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
EUROPE
Middle Europe: Austria; Hungary
Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy
Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

Naturalized:

widely naturalized

Other:

exact native range obscure

References:

Costea, M. et al. 2001. Notes on some little known Amaranthus taxa (Amaranthaceae) in the United States. Sida 19:979.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Synonyms:

(=) Amaranthus ascendens Loisel.
(=) Amaranthus blitum subsp. ascendens (Loisel.) Schübl. & G. Martens

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Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?430519 (19 May 2013)

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